Artefacts: Clean & Simple

Like it says: clean and simple. The simplicity lies in the way this style is consumed and produced. In the latter, it very much resembles the dark and moody style I used to shoot before. In all other respects, however, they are exact opposites: the characteristic restlessness (sounds a bit like Parseltongue, doesn't it ?) makes way for what is basically a "still" representation of the artefact. As such, the style really comes into its own in images depicting entire artefacts, but you'll see some detail shots in here too. Other elements are a natural perspective and rendering of colour, a brightness combined with a lack of (developed) shadows, a fairly low global contrast, and underplayed sense of depth, a medium microcontrast or crispness, and, to counteract the sterility that tends to creep in, the occasional use of (pastel) coloured backgrounds. Most often, and again to stop the stillness from being taken too far, the background gradient that appears in all dark and moody shots, is found here too, albeit in a much more subtle way.
Enjoy !